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About Sarma Village

Sarma is a mid sized village in Surajpur tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,238, made up of 612 males and 626 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 413.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497231, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sarma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sarma village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Surguja
Tehsil Surajpur
Pincode 497231
Area (hectares) 413.26 hectares
Population 1,238
Male Population 612
Female Population 626
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,023
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Sarma compares

By the 2011 count Sarma is the 68th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents. Its 413.26 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Sarma

Sarma is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Sarma as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sarma from other places

Sarma lies about 34 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Karonji, about 2.8 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Sarma
Nearest railway station Karonji 2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Surajpur 8.1 km
District headquarters Surguja 34 km

Villages closest to Sarma

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Surajpur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Sarma

As per the Census of India 2011, Sarma village had a population of 1,238. That makes it the 68th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents.

Sarma village has 612 males and 626 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sarma has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Sarma is 497231. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sarma covers 413.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sarma falls under Surajpur tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sarma is Karonji, about 2.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sarma.

Sarma is about 34 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sarma is in Surajpur tehsil of Surguja district. Karonji is about 2.8 km away. Surajpur is about 8.1 km away. Surguja is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Govindpur (7.3 km), Shivnandanpur Alias Omkarbahara (11 km) and Rampur (11 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Sarma today is likely to be higher.

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